The congregation of St. Thomas' is not meeting at the church, but we continue to be the Body of Christ in our world and in our small RI community. The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Michael Curry, reaches out to the flock on a regular basis and shares his thoughts and prayers. This week, he wrote an epistle to the Church made to comfort us as we mourn the loss of our Holy Week and Easter services. That letter can be found here.
We continue to worship together from our home three times a week- see the column on the right for all the details. Starting today, there will be a Zoom meeting at 6pm for the Wednesday Evening Prayer service. Contact the priest if you want the link for that meeting.
For Holy Week, we are asking parishioners, and others, to prepare a short video of a prayer or Scripture reading that we can share with our congregation. Again- contact the priest if you want to take part.
There are many online resources for worshiping at this time. Many local churches are streaming Sunday and mid-day services. The Episcopal Church has is providing access to daily morning prayer services here and a Sunday service at the National Cathedral here.
At this time, many of us are feeling isolated, anxious and depressed. Try to make a phone call and/or write a note a week to someone who needs some cheering up.If anyone is in need, the priest can be reached by going to the Contact tab at the top of this page. Remember to have faith in God and love your neighbor!
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